What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
As Storm Ciara lashes northern England, the Environment Agency issued a Flood Warning for the River Aire at Knowsthorpe, Thwaite Gate and Stourton in South Leeds: Flooding is expected – immediate action required River levels have risen as a result of persistent rainfall overnight and this morning, 09/02/20, due to
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 3 February 2020: Single storey side and rear; dormer windows to front side and rear, forming new first floor;
Today (Friday 7 February 2020) sees the removal of the eight main ‘ringing’ bells from the iconic St Mary’s church spire in Hunslet – and whilst some locals are philosophical about the event, others are concerned about what the loss symbolises for the local community. The bells – each weighing
To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week 2020 (3-7 February), Leeds College of Building has announced it is teaming up with The Guinness Partnership, managers of the new housing development opposite the College’s South Bank Campus. Construction is due to start on the new development near Leeds Dock and the Royal
Pupils at Hunslet St Mary’s Primary School take environmental issues very seriously as I discovered when I dropped in on group learning how to grow salads indoors. Nathan Atkinson, Director of Rethink Food and a former headteacher, was in school to show the children how to grow crops in a
Harry Jepson OBE Memorial Trophy: Hunslet RLFC 48-6 Leeds Rhinos Hunslet made it three wins in three years on Friday (31 January 2020) since the annual pre-season friendly with their local rivals was changed from the Lazenby Cup to the Harry Jepson Memorial Trophy. It was also their third and
Coroner’s officers are appealing for help in tracing any relatives of David Walsh from Hunslet, Leeds. Mr David Walsh aged 72 years, of Arthington Grove, Hunslet died at his home address on 30 December 2019. His death is not being treated as suspicious. Anyone with information on the relatives of
Dozens of volunteers of all ages got digging together during January 2020, planting 2,000 saplings across Hunslet – in what is planned as the first phase of a major tree-planting initiative across south Leeds. Over five days, the volunteers planted the trees on the edge of a number of local
The Yorkshire Evening Post last week published its annual article highlighting the worst performing schools in the Leeds area and for the first time in its history, and further to the former South Leeds Academy in Belle Isle being officially closed and re-opened by the Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), Cockburn
B&M, has announced it is making its Hunslet store on City South Retail Park much bigger and better for their customers. Following feedback from regular customers that they wanted a bigger shop and even more products, the store have been transforming the shop since the beginning of January and they